Cuspidor holder and cleaner.



PATENTBD AUG. 7, 1906.

J. 1). DE LANGE; UUSPIDOR EOLDEE AND CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.-16. 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7; 1906.

Application filed October 16,1965. Serial No. 282,939-

To in to-hem at may concern: e.--1t, known that 1, Jason DJDE Lanes, a-

citizen ofthe United States, residing at Ray'- mend, inthe county of Kandiyohi and State In operation the tongs are manipulated to and} Cleaners, of" w prises and provided at one end with handles 4.

and at its lower end a cleaner 1d.

cleaners 18. The cleaners 14 of Minnesota, have invented certain new and Improvements in Quspidor Holders 'ch the following is a' specification.

. -1-My-'inv ention relates to improvements in 19- 1nthe features of construction, combination, parts heremafter dc;-

cuspidor holders and cleaners and it consists ement of claimed. In the accompanying drawings, forming partof'this specification, Figure l is a front. elevation of cuspidor of usual type. 'vationof the saint in cleaning position, the. =cuspi'dor being my-device shown in use with a Fig. '2 1s a rear eleshown in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the cuspidor turned into emptying'position. Fig. 4 is a section upon line :0 x of Fig; 1, and Figs. 5 and 6 are details of part of the construction.

As shown in the drawings, the device corn tongs 2, having pivotal connection 3 Having pivotal support 5 in the free ends of the tongs are arms fi 'hzzving each a curved inner end 7, shaped to fit theneckot the cus pidor 8, Upoii the outer end of one of the arms 6 is a handle 9, by which the arm may be turned upon its pivot, and with it the cuspidor, as shown in Fig. 3. The curved end of each arm has, preferably, a cushion 1,0, of leather or other yielding material.

- Carried by the pivot 3 of the tongs is sleeve 11, in which is slidingly supported rod 12, having 'at its upper end a handle 13 Havingsliding support upon the rod above the cleaner is a cross-bar 15, which has a squared opening 16, through which passes the squared lower end of the rod 12. bar is held in adjusted position by means of a spring 17, secured to the cross-bar and bent to bear'against the rod 12, as shown in- Fig. 5. Secured to the cross-bar 15 are depending made of loosely-connected wire rings, as shown, or may be brushes or other suitable cleanmg devices. The cross-bar is cent upwardl y from the rod 12, as shown in Fig. 2, to

bring the cleaners 18 against the rim of the cuspidor.

The cross and 18 maybe 7 bring thecurvedl ends of the arms 6 against 'the neck of the cuspidor, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the operator bypressingtogether the handles 4 can hold the cuspidor firmly and carry it to anydesired place. To empty the cuspidor after it has been raised by means of the tong-handles 4, it is only necessaryto turn the handle 9, which will revolve its'co'n nected arm 6, this arm carrying with it the cuspidor and the opposite arm 6, as shown'in Fig. 3. I. When the cuspidor has been re-' turned, to the position shown in Fig. 1,- itmay be cleaned by turning therod 12 with its sleeve 11 into upright position and sliding the rod down to bring the cleaning devices into the cuspidor, as shown in Fig. 2. When the rod is lowered,it will bring the cleaner 14 into position. to clean the of the cuspidor and the cleaner 18 into position to clean the cuspidor-rim. If the cross-bar is too low upon the rod/its descent will be stopped by engagement with the top of the cuspidor, so that the cleaner 18 will always be in position to v clean the rim or flange no matter how-deepmaybe the bowl. This resultis accomplished by having the cross-bar slidable upon the rod.- l /lhen the rod and cleaners are in tion shown in Fig. 2, the rod may be revolved by means of' its handle 13. The cleaners in their revolution will thoroughly clean the inside of the cuspidor. v Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Fatent, is

1. An apparatus of the class described comprising a pair of pivotally-connected i tongs, traneversely-pivoted arms in the free ends of said tongs, an actuating-handle for said arms, a'cleaning device sliclably supported by said tongs, and an actuating-ham dle for said device. I I

2. A cuspidor-cleaning device of the class described, comprising a pair of .pivotally' connected tongs, transverse i supportingarms pivoted'in the free endsfof said tongs, an actuatinguiandle for said arms, a rod hav ing slidable rotatable support upon said of said rod.

3. A cuspidor-cleaning apparatus of the class described comprising a pair of pivotally-connected tongs, transverse arms pivot ally supported in the free ends of said tongs,

rotatably supported upon said tongs, a rod the posiroc tongs, and cleaning devices carried by one end an actuatinghandle for saidarms', a sleeve its other end.

class described comprising a ally-connected tongs, 'piyote arms carried by'thefreeend of said tongs, an

slidable in said sleeve, a handle upon one end a'ctuating-handle for said armsyfa rod having rotatable slidable support upon-said tong-s, a

handle carried by one end of "said rod, and cleaning devices slidably supported upon the y other end of'said rodr 5. A cuspidor-cleaning.apparatus of lthe I class described comprising in combination a pair of p v'otally-connected tongstransverse rotatable supportingearms, carried by the free end of saidtongs, an actuating-handle for said arms, a sleeve rotatably su orted upon said tongigs, a rod slid'able wit 11 said sleeve, a hand e carried by one end of said rod,- a transverse bar having slidable springsupport upon the opposite end of said rod, and cleaning devices carried by said bar and the adjacent portion of said rod.

. In testimony whereof I afiix mv signature ,in'n'resence of twowitne'sses.

JACOB D. DE "LANGE. Witnesses: JOHN ZWARTs,

ALo A RAHAMsON. 

